AFP - Environmentalists threatened to sue Canada to force cuts to greenhouse-gas emissions agreed under the Kyoto Protocol, despite officials' claims the target cannot be achieved.

AFP - Seven EU members expect to overshoot their targets fur cutting greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol, the European Commission has said.

AFP - Countries that have ratified the UN's Kyoto Protocol launched a new incentive to help tackle greenhouse gas emissions by former Soviet bloc economies.

AP - A study released Tuesday found that once again Los Angeles County has the state's most polluted beaches, but this time a new city has been anointed as the county's biggest loser — Long Beach.

AP - Authorities have told a Chinese heating company it will be fined for discharging dyed water into the Yellow River, turning a half-mile section bright red, a state-run newspaper said Tuesday.

AFP - China has set up a group to monitor air quality in Beijing and four regions around the capital as part of efforts to ensure the 2008 Olympics are pollution free, state press has reported.

AP - A half-mile section of China's Yellow River turned "red and smelly" after an unknown discharge was poured into it from a sewage pipe, state media said Monday.